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MEETINGS & WHAT'S NEW

What's New

A Concept for a Student Contest for a World Materials Day — the First World Materials Day was held Wednesday, November 5, 2003. Upcoming dates include Thursday, November 4, 2004 and Wednesday, November 2, 2005.

• Each Member Society has the opportunity to participate by following the general criteria but has the ability to create their own competition within their country involving materials students (college, undergrad level, and grad level)
• General Criteria: Promotion of the wider knowledge of materials and their importance in every day life to the benefit of young people.

Recognition

• Winner (single individual or team) from each Society to receive check for $500 US Dollars and plaque from IOMMMS

Future Meetings

• September 21 & 22, 2005: Hosted by JIM. Future sites include North America in 2006, and Europe in 2007.

Past Meetings

• September 6, 2004: In conjunction with JR. EUROMAT, held in Lausanne, Switzerland.
  
  
• November 2003: In conjunction with the TMS/ISS MS&T '03 conference held November 9-12, 2003 in Chicago, IL, USA. The minutes for the Council Meeting are available for download in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• September 9 & 10, 2002: The 2002 meeting was held in Beijing, China. The minutes for the Executive Meeting and Council Meeting are available for download in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• September 9, 2000: in conjunction with the International Minerals Processing Congress (MINPREX 2000) in Melbourne, Australia. The minutes for the Executive Meeting and Council Meeting are available for download in PDF format and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• September 27-30, 1999: in conjunction with the FEMS EUROMAT '99 Conference in Munich, Germany. The minutes for this meeting are available for download in PDF format and can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat.